GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
